Example - Replacing AltGR with KANA

You can use the installer package to deploy this keyboard layout without
any restrictions. Free Demo
version can be used to make changes and test them. To deploy a modified version,
a Premium, Personal or
Lite edition is needed.

As explained in Modifiers, AltGr
is merely a shorthand for Ctrl+Alt. This can have unfortunate consequences in
applications that use Ctrl+Alt command shortcuts: they can clash with AltGr
mappings and, depending on how the application is written, render them useless.

KbdEdit provides a simple solution to this problem: AltGr can be replaced with the Kana modifier in its
"non-togglable" variant (see Modifiers
for details). Kana modifier is so obscure that most popular applications (still)
don't know how to hijack it.

The layout file German KANA.zip
contains a modified standard German keyboard, which is functionally identical to
the original, but uses KANA instead of AltGR. The same method can be used for
any keyboard that uses AltGr.

Scroll below the screenshots for a step-by-step guide.

Enabling non-togglable KANA modifier key (VK_OEM_8)

Assigning "VK_OEM_8" to the "Right Alt" key

Enabling "KANA" modifier combination
(SHIFT+KANA should also be enabled if the original layout uses SHIFT+ALTGR)

Using drag-drop to move characters from AltGR to Kana
(in this case, characters ²³{[]}\@€~|µ should be moved)

Disabling "ALTGR" modifier combination

Final result - identical to the original except that KANA is used instead
of ALTGR

For each key that has a character mapped to AltGr, move that
character to the Kana position of the same key (e.g. for German
keyboard characters ²³{[]}\@€~|µ should be moved from AltGr to
Kana position of their respective keys).